Stratification and size distribution of aerosols retrieved from simultaneous measurements with lidar, a sunphotometer, and an aureolemeter

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 961-970

  Hayasaka, Tadahiro ^a   Meguro, Yasuhiko ^b   Sasano, Yasuhiko ^c   Takamura, Tamio ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN WEATHER ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFICATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO;

EID: 0032549169     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.000961     Document Type: Article

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